• Cardiology Fellow, 1983 - 1985
  Division of Cardiology
  University of California, Irvine
  Orange, California
  Walter L. Henry, M.D., Chief
• Medical Resident, 1980 - 1982
  Department of Internal Medicine
  University of Cincinnati Medical Center
  Cincinnati, Ohio
  Martin Goldberg, M.D., Chair
• Straight Medical Intern, 1979 - 1980
  Department of Internal Medicine
  University of Cincinnati Medical Center
  Cincinnati, Ohio
  Martin Goldberg, M.D., Chair
• Cornell University Medical College, 1977 - 1979
  New York, New York
• Universita di Sassari, 1973 - 1977
  Faculta di Medicinav
  Sassari, Italy
• Brooklyn College, 1969 - 1973
  Brooklyn, New York
  B.S. Biology

• Los Alamitos Cardiovascular, August 1985 - Present
  Cardiologist
• Emergency Medicine, 1982 - 1983 (Full Time)
  St. Francis - St. George Hospital
  (Fischer Mangold Group)
  Cincinnati, Ohio
• Medical Health Service, 1980 - 1983 (Part Time)
  (Staffing Three Cincinnati ER's)
• Critical Care Physician,1981 - 1983 (Part Time)
  Bethesda Hospital
  Cincinnati, Ohio

University Appointments:

• Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, July 1989-present
• Co-Director Interventional Fellowship Program, University of California Irvine-Long Beach Memorial Hospital, July 2000-present

• Long Beach Memorial Medical Center - Active Staff, December 1991
• Founding Fellow, Memorial Heart Institute, January 1987
• Los Alamitos Medical Center - Active Staff, April  1987 
• University of California, Irvine - Courtesy Staff, April 1986
• Lakewood Regional Medical Center - Active Staff, June 1990

Los Alamitos Medical Center

• Chairman, Critical Care Committee 1989
• Chairman, Department of Medicine 1990-1992
• Member, Executive Committee 1989-Present
• Director Cardiac Catheterization Lab 1989-Present
• Director, Pacemaker Clinic 1985-Present
• Director, Echocardiography Lab 1985-1997
• Secretary-Treasurer Medical Staff 1992
• Chairman, Quality Assurance Committee 1993
• Vice Chief of Staff 1993
• Chief of Staff 1994-1995
• Member, Governing Board 1994-2001, 2004-Present
• Chairman, Credentials Committee 1996-Present

Lakewood Regional Medical Center

• Member, Executive Committee 2000-2001, 2004-2007
• Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab 2002-2005

Long Beach Memorial Medical Center

• Member Interventional Cardiology Sub-Committee 1997-Present
• Member Cardiology Credentials and QA Committee 1996-Present

• American Board of Internal Medicine: Internal Medicine, 1982
• American Board of Internal Medicine: Cardiovascular Diseases, 1985
• American Board of Internal Medicine: Interventional Cardiology, 1999-2009 | 2011-2021
• International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners (IBHRE)
  Certification Examination for Competency in Cardiac Rhythm Device Therapy for the Physician 1988.(Certified Cardiac Device Specialist (CCDS)

• American College of Cardiology, Fellow (F.A.C.C.)
• American College of Physicians, Fellow (F.A.C.P.)
• American Heart Association - Governing Board Long Beach Chapter
• Los Angeles County Medical Association
• American Medical Association American Society of Echocardiography
• Los Angeles Echocardiography Society
• Los Angeles Society of Interventional Cardiology
• Heart Rhythm Society-IBHRE CCDS
• The Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions, Fellow (F.S.C.A.I.)
• The Society of Geriatric Cardiology, Fellow (F.S.G.C.)

• Sarah Lipson Seigal Memorial Award for Research, 1973
• American Medical Association Physician’s Recognition Award in Continuing Medical Education, January 2008-January 2011

Non-Invasive Cardiology:
Echocardiography- TEE, Dobutamine and Stress Echo.

Invasive-Interventional Cardiovascular and Endovascular Diseases:
Catheterization, PTCA, Athrectomy, Stents, Laser Atherectomy, VBT, Pacing, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Peripheral Interventions, and Current Level II certification for performing and interpreting MDCTA.

• Echocardiographic Assessment of Mitral Stenosis, Two-Dimensional Echocardiography versus Doppler Pressure Half Time
  Exercise Echocardiography in Coronary Artery Disease
  Doppler Mitral Flow in Various Pathologic States
  Thin-Line Bi-Polar Pacemaker Leads, Intermedics
  
  
• A Phase III, double-blind, randomized placebo-controlled study, to evaluate the effects of dalcetrapib on cardiovascular (CV) risk in stable CHD patients, with a documented recent Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS).
  Sponsor: F.Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. Roche Global Development
  
  
• A Multi-center, Randomized, Controlled Study to Investigate the Safety and Tolerability of Intravenous Ferric Carboxymaltose (FCM) vs. Iron Dextran in treating Iron Deficiency Anemia in Subjects Who Are Not Dialysis Dependent.
  Sponsor: Luitpold Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  
  
• A Phase3, randomized, Double-Blind, Double-Dummy, Parallel Group, Multi-Center, Multi-National Study for Evaluation of Efficacy and Safety of DU-176B Versus Warfarin in Subjects with Atrial Fibrillation -  Effective aNticoaGulation with xA next Generation in Aterial Fibrillation. (ENGAGE-AF)
  Sponsor: Daiichi Sankyo Pharma Development
  
  
• Freedom - A Frequent Optimization Study the Quick Opt ™ Method.
  Sponsor: St Jude
  
  
• Registry of AT/AF Episodes in the CRM Device Population: Rate Registry.
  Sponsor: St. Jude
  
  
• PA 32540-302: A 6-Month, Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Parallel-Group, Controlled, Multi-Center Study to Evaluate the Incidence of Gastric Ulcers Following Administration of Either PA32540 or Enteric Coated Aspirin 325 mg in Subjects Who Are at Risk for Developing Aspirin-Associated Ulcers.
  Sponsor POZEN Inc.
  
  

• Dabestani A, Takenaka K, Allen B, Gardin J, Fischer S, Russell D, Henry W, Effects of Spontaneous Respiration on Diastolic Left Ventricular Filling Assessed by Pulsed Doppler Echocardiography.  Am J Cardiol 1988; 61:1356-1358.
  
  
• Kumar P, Agarwal P, VanNatta B, Shandling A, Fischer S, McAtee P, Messenger J, Clinical evaluation of ThinLine II (models 430-25 and 438-25 Intermedics) bipolar pacing leads. PACE 1999; 22 Part II 869.